The Dead Sea Scrolls (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780687494491)

Contains new information about unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls with translations of key passages and recent discovery of the movement behind the Scrolls in their own words. See http: //deadseascrolls.org/www/Site/thedss.php In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd stumbled upon a cave near the Dead Sea, a settlement now called Qumran, to the east of Jerusalem. This cave, along with the others located nearby, contained jars holding hundreds of scrolls and fragments of scrolls of texts both biblical and nonbiblical--in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The biblical scrolls would be the earliest evidence of the Hebrew Scriptures by hundreds of years; and the nonbiblical texts would shed dramatic light on one of the least-known periods of Jewish history. This find is the most important archaeological event in two thousand years of biblical studies. Online supplement, with indexes, discussion questions, Dead Sea Scrolls websites, and links to study tools, electronic resources, and photographs: http: //www.abingdonacademic.com/dsscrolls

Author: Peter W. Flint
ISBN-10: 0687494494
ISBN-13: 9780687494491
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2013
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 04/30/2014 pg. 27